Star of David placed on Druze flag and raised over Sweida governorate building
ALBAWABA - In a shocking video, a group of armed Druze men were spotted in front of the governorate building in Sweida city in Syria while raising two flags, one of which was the national Druze flag, and the other had the "Star of David" on it.
Syrians were surprised after the video went trending on social media, showing Druze militia men standing near the governorate building in Sweida city after the withdrawal of Syrian government forces from the area on Thursday morning.
In the footage, two of the group of men were holding flags, but what caused the controversy online was that one of the flags was slightly different, as it carried the "Star of David".
Some activists said that the Druze flag with the Star of David on it belongs to the "Israeli Druze" as a similar flag was in 2018 spotted in the Druze town of Daliat al-Karmel, northern Israel, according to The Jerusalem Post.
عادت ميليشيا الدروز إلى السويداء بعد انسحاب الجيش السوري، ورفعت عملها ورسم عليه نجمة داوود اليهودية على مبنى محافظة السويداء.منذ الصباح، قُتل عشرات المدنيين، ووقعت إعدامات ميدانية بحق أبناء العشائر السورية بعد أن هاجمتهم ميليشيا الدروز.
العشائر هم جزء من الدولة السورية، ومن… pic.twitter.com/v3aIXEpdIR — Tamer | تامر (@tamerqdh) July 17, 2025
The Druze flag is rectangular in shape and features five horizontal stripes of different colors: red, yellow, blue, green, and white, arranged from top to bottom.
Clashes in Sweida started when Syrian government forces were dispatched to Sweida on Monday, July 14, to halt fighting between Druze fighters and Bedouin men, and restore peace, but they ended up clashing with the Druze militias, according to France 24.
Federico Jachetti, the Norwegian Refugee Council's (NRC) Syria Country Office Director, said regarding Sweida unrest, "With hundreds of deaths reported among civilians, at least 1,200 families have fled their homes to seek shelter with friends and relatives elsewhere in Sweida, in rural areas south of the city, and the neighbouring Daraa governorate."
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